Newsmax's Eric Bolling says if Donald Trump “is behind bars, he will be elected president of the United States, and then he can pardon himself”
Glenn Beck: “If they put him behind bars, we don't have a republic anymore”
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Citation From the January 18, 2024, edition of Newsmax's Eric Bolling: The Balance
ERIC BOLLING(HOST): So Iowa. Got the Iowa -- got the scoreboard in Iowa. We're looking towards New Hampshire. What are you thinking? What are you seeing? What is your vision for New Hampshire for Trump and the others? Frankly, Haley and DeSantis.
GLENN BECK (GUEST): I don't think that there is a chance that Trump doesn't grab the nomination. I mean, it's -- to me, in my head, it's contest over. However, let's see how people vote. But I don't think there's any doubt that he is the nominee going forward. The thing we have to ask ourselves, though, after that is what is our plan in case he is found guilty? I mean, how many court case -- they're rolling the dice, rolling the dice, rolling the dice, hoping, you know, for something to happen where they can throw him in jail because they're terrified of him. Terrified.
BOLLING: Can't imagine it ends up happening, but maybe. Maybe you're right. I still think he'll --
BECK: I don't know what happens to our country if they do that. I mean, you -- at least half of the country will feel this is a total set up. This is a banana republic. That this is not what we do in America. And they will feel as though they have had their right to vote for the person that they wanted taken away. I know I'd feel that way. And what do people do? I don't know. We've never been in this situation before. But it's grotesque.
BOLLING: Which -- Glenn, which you make a great point. We've never been in this situation before. So there are those -- and I'm on board with this theory that even if he is behind bars, he will be elected President of the United States, and then he can pardon himself. And then they'll complain, and they'll say it's just BS and it's wrong, and it will end up at the Supreme Court and, fortunately, this is why elections matter. The Supreme Court should do the right thing. Go ahead.
BECK: And I will tell you, we don't have -- if they put him behind bars, we don't have a republic anymore. We just don't. We've crossed the Rubicon. And I don't know what happens.